Asahi-class destroyer

JS Asahi (DD-119)
Class overview
Preceded by: Akizuki class
Cost:
  • DD119: JPY72.3 billion[1]
  • $893 million (constant 2009 USD)
Built: 2015–2019
In service: 2018-
In commission: 2018–
Planned: 2
Building: 1
Completed: 1
Active: 1
General characteristics
Type: Guided missile destroyer
Displacement:
  • 5100 tonnes standard
  • 6800 tonnes full load
Length: 151 m (495 ft 5 in)
Beam: 18.3 m (60 ft 0 in)
Draft: 5.4 m (17 ft 9 in)
Depth: 10.9 m (35 ft 9 in)
Propulsion: COGLAG, two shafts, two GE LM2500 turbines
Speed: 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement: 230
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • OYQ-13 ACDS
  • OPY-1 AAW system
  • OQQ-24 ASW system
  • OQR-4 Towed sonar array system
  • NOLQ-3D-2 EW system
  • OPS-48 surface search radar
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 1 × SH-60K helicopter

The Asahi-class destroyer is a destroyer class of the JMSDF - two ships are planned. The Asahi-class is optimized for undersea threats. This class used to be designated "25DD" - referring to a date on the Japanese calendar, specifically the 25th fiscal year of the Heisei period (2013). It is the third ship to hold the name after the Asahi-class destroyer escort lent from the US Navy in 1955, and the Imperial Japanese battleship. Shiranui is the third ship to hold the name after the Murakumo and Kagerō class destroyers.

Design

The Asahi class is a mid-sized guided missile destroyer.

Features

The main characteristics of the class are antisubmarine warfare.

Ships in the class

Building no.Pennant no.Name/NamesakeLaid downLaunchedCommissionedShipyard
1613DD-119Asahi 4 August 201519 October 2016 7 March 2018MHI, Nagasaki
1614DD-120Shiranui 20 May 201612 October 2017 March 2019MHI, Nagasaki

References

  1. ↑ Pike, John. "25DD Multipurpose Destroyer". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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